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2 Pounds Donald Campbell - Bluebird CN7, Silver Proof
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II • BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY • TWO POUNDS • 2021 • |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Donald Campbell set the land speed record at Lake Eyre, Australia in 1964, pushing Bluebird CN7 to 403.1 mph — a record that still stands for wheel-driven vehicles powered by a turbine engine. The run nearly killed him; an earlier attempt that year ended with the car flipping at over 360 mph, and Campbell walked away with minor injuries that should by any measure have been fatal.
He died three years later on Coniston Water attempting the water speed record in Bluebird K7. CN7 itself survived, restored and displayed at the Lakeland Motor Museum in Cumbria.